Paralia Distomou

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Aspra Spitia.

Statistics
Paralia Distomou or Distomo Brach
Prefecture:	Boeotia
Province:	Livadia
Location: Latitude: Longitude:	39.392 (39° 23' 30") N 22.6508 (22° 39' 5") E
Population: (2001) -Settlement -Percent of the municipality -Percent of the prefecture	1,258 37.55% 22.8%
Altitude: -lowest: -centre:	Gulf of Corinth 10 m about 1,500 m
Postal code:	GR-320 05
Area/distance code:	11-(00)30-26940
Car designation:	`BI`

Paralia Distomou or Distomo Beach, also Aspra Spitia (Greek: and Άσπρα Σπίτια meaning white house), older forms: Distomon is a municipality in the Boeotia Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 1,258 for the settlement. The settlement was founded in 1960 by the Aluminio tis Ellados. The municipality is small and it only includes two villages and two settlements, the western part of the municipality is uninhabited and contains only grasslands and bushes along with rocks. The area to the west are nearly unvegetated. Distomo is connected with the short GR-29 (Arachova - Distomo).

Paralia Distomou is located 3 km from Antikyra, 190 km west of Athens, 30 km west of Livadeia, 20 km south of Desfina and east of Delphi and Itea and southeast of Amfissa. The Fokida prefecture is to the west.

Distomo Beach is famous for its aluminum production and is one of the famous aluminum mining towns in Greece, it contributes its main industry and it is exported throughout the country as well as Southern Europe, other industries include agriculture and services. Tourism is the next industry in which it has a nearbh beach.

1 Nearest places
2 Population
3 History
4 Persons
5 Other
6 External links

[edit] Nearest places

Distomo Beach/Paralia Distomou, north
Antikyra, east
Desfina, northwest

[edit] Population

Year	Settlement population	Change	Percent of the municipal district	Percent of the municipality
1981	-	-	-	-
1991	2,156	-	-	-
2001	1,258	-898 or 41.65%	3,350	37.55%	28.8%

[edit] History

The population dropped dramatically between 1991 and 2001 by 40%.

[edit] Persons

Giannis Ch. Theocharis

[edit] Other

Distomo Beach/Paralia Distomou/Aspra Spitia has schools, a few lyceums (middle schools), and its gymnasium (secondary school), churches, and a square (plateia). It also has schools across the municipality as well as one in Steirio.